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Continuing on our relentless theme of applying old school chart techniques to crypto, we are seeing a classic chart formation develop in Bitcoin (BTC). Looking at XBTUSD on BitMEX, we are seeing a “tea cup and handle” continuation formation on an intraday chart (Figure 1). Figure 1 The theory behind the pattern is simple. A… Read more

Around 5 a.m. yesterday morning, Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to as low as $7,500 and was close to shattering its critical support level. However, Bitcoin (BTC) then rose throughout the day yesterday, and this steady rise has continued into today. Around noon Eastern time, Bitcoin (BTC) reached $8,170 before pulling back to $8,020 by 3 p.m.… Read more

Crypto was born in the aftermath of the last financial crisis and was designed to mitigate the damage of the next one. The technological innovation called blockchain — and cryptocurrency as a specific application of blockchain — is a financial innovation, a unique product of our digital age, and a triumph of capitalism. As such,… Read more

Listen to the May 24 Crypto.IQ Daily Radio Show On this edition of the Crypto.IQ Daily Radio Show, we do a deep dive market analysis. Bitcoin (BTC) has surged from $7,500 to $8,100 since yesterday morning, and the rest of the crypto market is well into the green. The renewed bullishness in the crypto market… Read more

Bitcoin steadily declined overnight and into the early morning hours, reaching as low as $7,500 at 5 a.m. Eastern time. For a moment, it looked like Bitcoin’s (BTC) support level was about to give way, which would have caused a crash. Instead, support held, and Bitcoin (BTC) bounced back to $7,800 by noon. Since then,… Read more

Quantum computers have the potential to be the next big leap forward for humankind. However, there has long been speculation that quantum computers could become so powerful that they could break through Bitcoin’s cryptography — and the cryptography of all other cryptocurrencies and blockchains for that matter. If this happens, hackers with quantum computers could… Read more

Blog posts are coming out today validating our idea from yesterday that legacy financial markets and banks may be headed for a “black swan” event. A black swan is market slang for a big negative event that comes out of nowhere. Three pieces caught our eye this morning. One article briefly mentions that Chinese President… Read more

Listen to the May 23 Crypto.IQ Daily Radio Show On this edition of the Crypto.IQ Daily Radio Show, we do a deep dive market analysis. Bitcoin (BTC) is near the bottom of its trading range this morning, resulting in the crypto market being in the red. Support at $7,600 appears to be holding for now,… Read more

Name

Current Price

24h %

Bitcoin

$8,049.37

+0.15%

Ethereum

$251.86

-0.13%

Monero

$86.75

+0.62%

Litecoin

$101.49

+2.52%

I was just reading this bit of WWI history, which can be translated to "The british elite knew that Sound Money and Massive Total War are incompatible, so they closed the entire banking system, downgraded their money into a shitcoin, and then resumed their war shenanigans" pic.twitter.com/JmjJbeVS6K

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Bitcoin steadily declined overnight and into the early morning hours, reaching as low as $7,500 at 5 a.m. Eastern time. For a moment, it looked like Bitcoin’s (BTC) support level was about to give way, which would have caused a…

Blog posts are coming out today validating our idea from yesterday that legacy financial markets and banks may be headed for a “black swan” event. A black swan is market slang for a big negative event that comes out of…

Security

Last March 25, cryptocurrency data portal Messari published a new screener that revealed how much miners are paid for top-listed “proof of work” coins. The figures estimated that $7.3 million dollars worth of BTC tokens are issued on a daily basis. Meanwhile with regards to mining fees, it is shown that more than $115,000 are distributed. These…

Regulation

Bitcoin is secure, decentralized, and can be anonymous when users take the proper precautions. These characteristics make Bitcoin resilient in the face of government bans, but that doesn’t mean governments have given up on trying to ban Bitcoin or at…

In the United States, Wyoming recently passed a bill that legally recognizes cryptocurrencies as money as of Jan. 31, 2019. The bill was presented and proposed on Jan. 19 and was quickly approved by the most crypto-friendly state in the…

Opinion

Craig Wright has registered copyrights for the original Bitcoin (BTC) code and the Bitcoin white paper with the United States Copyright Office. Further, Craig Wright has claimed in these copyrights that he is Satoshi Nakamoto. The Bitcoin white paper was originally published by Satoshi Nakamoto in the latter half of 2008, with the code becoming…